Trump's administration cut to 18 months from five years the period of time work permits are valid for refugees, asylum ...

Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote regions as the death toll increases.

Last year’s record-breaking temperatures could be a sign that the world is entering a new era above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say, one never before faced by modern humans. The Paris Agreement ...

The first group of white South Africans selected by Washington for resettlement in the US was set to fly out of Johannesburg Sunday evening, South Africa’s transport ministry said. US President Donald ...

In a town near Jerusalem, a growing number of Palestinian houses and businesses are receiving demolition and evacuation ...

Despite major gains in education and reducing poverty in recent decades, entrenched inequalities are eroding trust in institutions and democratic systems around the world, the UN warned Tuesday.

One thing that nearly all observers of the American economy (and other developed countries around the world) can agree on is that income inequality has increased considerably in recent decades. The ...

The political status of Puerto Rico is a long-standing issue that requires urgent action. The island, an unincorporated territory of the United States, is neither a sovereign nation nor a U.S. state.

States with abysmal human rights records seek election to the UN Human Rights Council not to advance human rights but to block their realization. This cynical behavior is an aberration that needs to ...

Meta on Friday said it will be forced to ban political advertising on its platforms in the European Union from October because of rules the Facebook and Instagram owner called “unworkable.” The EU has ...

International leaders closed out 2021 by endorsing a global tax deal that aims to stop the so-called “race to the bottom.” According to United States’ President Joe Biden, the agreement “will finally ...

At last week’s meeting of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, the Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Turkish leaders, joined by the Hungarian leader in observer status, welcomed Uzbekistan as a ...